Re: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

According to Ante AIkio (sp?) the Saami (i. e.
residents of Scandinavia) originally spoke another
language before the arrival of Uralic
I've seen conflicting ideas re Saami
1: it's a form of Balto-Finnish
2: it's a separate branch of Uralic


--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick McCallister
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 7:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed
> as Vasco-Caucasian
>
>
> So when do you think the Saami began speaking
> Uralic
>
> ==============
>
> A.F
>
> What do you mean ?
>
> Saami people are obviously Uralic, and never spoke
> anything but Uralic.
>
> Saami is definitely conservative, in the Uralic
> family.
>
> ===================
>
>
> and the Finns moved into Finland?
>
> =================
>
> A.F
>
> They moved into Eastern Europe,
>
> After Germanic split into Westic and Nordic,
>
> and after Iranian split from Indic.
>
> So it must be rather late,
>
> A rough guess : after - 2 000 BC.

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